Grieving families gathered at the inauguration of a COVID-19 victims memorial in Brazil's Rio De Janeiro, paying homage to their lost loved ones and demanding more help from municipal authorities to provide support for families impacted by the pandemic. Close to 400 people died in the 'mare favela' complex, a grouping of 16 favelas on the outskirts of Rio.

Covid victims memorial unveiled, tiles has paintings and name of victims on it

The Justice Department announced an $88 million settlement on Thursday with victims of a white supremacist who shot dead nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015.

US reaches $88 million settlement with Black victims of white supremacist

Pledging Germany would preserve its commitment to the security of Israel, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel honoured the Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Honouring genocide victims, Merkel vows German support to Israel's security

The entire world was shocked when al Qaeda terrorists smashed two planes into New York's World Trade Center, killing 2,753 people. A third commercial jet hit the Pentagon, killing 184, and 40 more died after a fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after a passenger revolt.

World leaders remember 9/11 victims and survivors

Saudi Arabia has begun compensating the families of health workers who died because of the coronavirus as the government announced last year that each will receive $133,000.

Saudi compensates families of COVID-19 health worker victims

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More than 100 people gathered for a beach vigil Monday night to commemorate victims and those still missing after last week’s condo collapse near Miami. Family members, friends and residents sat cross-legged in the sand, holding glow-in-the-dark candle sticks and white roses as the sound of waves filled the air.

Victims and those missing in condo collapse are remembered at a beach vigil

After a deadly building collapse in Miami, some people who were buried deep down in the collapsed rubble have now found comfort in therapy dogs. Several therapy dogs have already been coupled with surviving families from Argentina, another from Paraguay, and others who came in from Houston, Perez.

Therapy dogs help victims of Miami building collapse

Investigators digging under the house of a suspected serial killer on the outskirts of Mexico City have said they have found 3,787 bone fragments so far, apparently belonging to 17 different victims.

Evidence in Mexico serial killer's house suggests 17 victims

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A child died and seven others belonging to Odisha went missing in the Sileru river here when two country boats they were travelling in capsized early on Tuesday.

One dead, 7 missing as country boats capsize in a river in Andhra Pradesh

The United Arab Emirates foreign minister on Friday voiced his country's concern over the escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence and called for a ceasefire and the start of a diplomatic dialogue, state news agency WAM reported.

UAE urges Mideast ceasefire, offers condolences to all victims: Report 

French serial killer Michel Fourniret, the 'Ogre of the Ardennes', who confessed to killing 11 people, died on Monday aged 79, taking his final secrets to the grave and denying families of victims long-awaited justice.

Families denied justice as French serial killer dies at 79

New York City is still using refrigerated trucks to store bodies of coronavirus victims, more than a year after they were first set up as temporary morgues as deaths surged at the height of the pandemic.

NYC still storing COVID-19 victims in refrigerated trucks 

Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Monday, in their highest ever reparation order.

ICC orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims 

The names of women victimised by violence were painted on metal barriers hastily erected around Mexico's national palace late on Saturday, ahead of a major women's march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.

Activists paint barriers with names of femicide victims in Mexico 

It has been nearly 5 months since the deadly Beirut blast, far from recovering from their grief. Families of the victims are now leading a battle against the government as several questions remain unanswered.

Beirut blast victims' kin awaits answers from government

In a small town south of Brussels, funeral director Stephane Geeurickx says almost all the dead he has buried in the last weeks died of COVID-19, which was not the case when the pandemic first took hold.

Belgian undertaker buries almost only COVID victims amid second wave

A new report estimates that 29 million women and girls are victims of modern slavery, exploited by practices including forced labour, forced marriage, debt-bondage and domestic servitude.

Report: 29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery

New Zealand changed its gun laws 25 days after the Christchurch shootings. The U.S. has seen numerous such incidents. What's stopping it from adopting gun control? Palki Sharma Upadhyay has a report.

Gravitas: New Zealand's exemplary response to terror

The terrorist behind the Christchurch shootings has been sentenced to life in prison. Almost 90 victims and survivors confronted the shooter during the hearings. The terrorist showed no remorse for what he had done. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Life sentence for Christchurch Gunman: Listen to the moving testimonies from victims

California's bankrupt power producer PG&E Corp said on Friday (December 6) it had reached a $13.5 billion settlement with victims of some of most devastating wildfires in the state's modern history.

Bankrupt PG&E reaches $13.5 bn settlement with California wildfire victims

One person was killed and five others wounded on Thursday in a shooting on the streets of Washington, D.C., not far from the White House, police said. Police have not apprehended a suspect as of late Thursday and do not know the motive for the shooting, said Metropolitan Police commander Stuart Emerman.

One dead, five hurt in Washington, DC shooting: Police

Poland pats tribute to 1st victims of World War 2

Poland Marks 80 years since World War 2 began

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